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Select Halachos Relevant to the Workplace Part 1 Volume 11 Issue 1 TOPIC Select Halachos Relevant To The Workplace Part 1 SPONSORED BY: KOF-K KOSHER SUPERVISION Compiled by Rabbi Moishe Dovid Lebovits Reviewed by Rabbi Benzion Schiffenbauer Shlita HALACHICALLY SPEAKING All Piskei Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita are Halachically Speaking is a reviewed by Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita monthly publication compiled by Rabbi Moishe Dovid Lebovits, a former chaver kollel of Yeshiva SPONSORED: Torah Vodaath and a musmach of Harav Yisroel Belsky Shlita. Rabbi לרפואה שלמה Lebovits currently works as the מרת רחל בת פעסיל Rabbinical Administrator for the KOF-K Kosher Supervision. SPONSORED: Each issue reviews a different area of contemporary halacha לרפואה שלמה with an emphasis on practical חיים צבי בן אסתר applications of the principles discussed. Significant time is SPONSORED: spent ensuring the inclusion of ,all relevant shittos on each topic לז"נ as well as the psak of Harav Yisroel Belsky, Shlita on current שלמה בן פנחס issues. SPONSORED: WHERE TO SEE HALACHICALLY SPEAKING לז"נ Halachically Speaking is הרב מרדכי בן הרב יהודה לייב הכהן distributed to many shuls. ,It can be seen in Flatbush זצ"ל Lakewood, Five Towns, Far Rockaway, and Queens, The Design by: Flatbush Jewish Journal, baltimorejewishlife.com, The Jewish Home, chazaq.org, and SRULY PERL 845.694.7186 frumtoronto.com. It is sent via email to subscribers across the world. SUBSCRIBE To sponsor an issue please call FOR FREE 718-744-4360 and view archives @ © Copyright 2015 www.thehalacha.com by Halachically Speaking Select Halachos ח.( )ברכות Relevant To The Workplace Part 1 בלבד... הלכה אין לו להקב"ה בעולמו אלא ד' אמות של הלכה בלבד... rom the day that Adam was cursed with “bezeias apeicha tochal lechem,”1 man Fmust work for his parnasa. There are many halachos which arise on a daily basis. Although these halachos are geared towards the workplace, they apply to everyday life as well. On the Topic of Parnasa Once a person enters the workplace to support his family, he can easily get carried away with working, as he wishes to work harder and harder. One should have in mind that he is working to support his family for what they need and to be able to serve Hashem properly.2 People who are wealthy should realize that their wealth is from Hashem and not because of any special talents that they may have.3 How Early Can One Daven Those who have a long commute need to daven shacharis very early. How early can a person daven shacharis in the morning, especially during the winter? How early can he put on tefillin, say birchos hatorah or birchos hashachar? When is the earliest time to recite krias shema? All these questions will be addressed below. 1. Bereishis 3:19. 2. Shulchan Aruch Harav O.C. 156:2. SPONSORED 3. Igros Moshe Y.D. 4:36:1. BY: Select Halachos Relevant To The Workplace Part 1 | 3 Shacharis – Shemonei Esrei The preferred4 time for shacharis (shemonei esrei)5 is at netz hachama (sunrise),6 but one who davened after alos hashachar – dawn (which is seventy-two minutes before netz hachama)7 was yotzei8 b’dieved.9 One who needs to travel10 may daven before neitz hachama11 (even l’chatchilah).12 People who go to work early and have to daven between alos and netz hachama are included in this category.13 However, krias shema and the berachos of krias shema must be delayed until later (see below).14 Birchos Hashachar and Birchos Hatorah Both birchos haschachar and birchos hatorah may be recited before alos hashachar.15 However, the beracha of hanosein lasechvei can only be recited after alos hashachar.16 4. Biur Halacha O.C. 89 “yotzei.” 5. Mishnah Berurah 4. 6. Tosfas Maseches Berachos 31a “avuha,” Shulchan Aruch 89:1. Refer to Mishnah Berurah 89:1, Aruch Hashulchan 11-12. Refer to Rashi Maseches Berachos “havei.” 7. Refer to Yechaveh Daas 2:8 who brings all the opinions on this issue. In addition see Piskei Teshuvos 89:2 in great depth. See Biur Halacha 58 “m’sheiuleh,” 89 “v’im”. 8. Shulchan Aruch 89:1. Refer to Magen Avraham 3. 9. Rambam Hilchos Tefillah 3:4, Shulchan Aruch 89:1, Levush 89:1, Pri Megadim Eishel Avraham 3, Shulchan Aruch Harav 89:1, Mishnah Berurah 4, Yechaveh Daas 2:8. One who davens before neitz hachama should not be rebuked (Biur Halacha 89 “yotzei.” 10. Mishnah Berurah 1, 4. 11. Shulchan AruchO.C. 89:8, Mishnah Berurah 1. 12. Mishnah Berurah 4. Refer to Biur Halacha 89 “v’im.” 13. Refer to Igros Moshe O.C. 4:6, Ohr Letzion 2:7:3. עג.( הבא... )נדה הלכות בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם כל השונה הלכות בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם הבא... )נדה עג.( 14. See Shulchan Aruch O.C. 89:8. 15. Shulchan Aruch O.C. 47:13. 16. Shulchan Aruch ibid, Chai Adom 8:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 7:2, Mishnah Berurah 30, see SPONSORED Magen Avraham 13. BY: 4 | HAlAchicAllY SpeAKiNg Tallis There is a dispute between the Shulchan Aruch and the Rama regarding the earliest time one is allowed to recite a ח.( )ברכות ח.( beracha when putting on a tallis. The Shulchan Aruch17 rules that the earliest time is when one can discern between blue and white on the tzitzis (when blue strings were worn);18 this בלבד... הלכה אין לו להקב"ה בעולמו אלא ד' אמות של is known as “mishiyakir.” There are different views as to how soon this is before neitz hachama. Harav Moshe Feinsteinzt”l19 measured it at between 35-40 minutes before neitz hachama.20 However, the Rama21 maintains that the time is from alos hashachar (which is earlier than mishiyakir). The Mishnah Berurah22 maintains that one should ideally follow the opinion of the Shulchan Aruch, although b’dieved if one did recite the beracha on the tallis even before alos hashachar one does not repeat the beracha after the correct time for reciting the beracha arrives.23 Harav Moshe Feinstein zt”l24 maintains that one should not recite a beracha on a tallis before mishiyakir. In situations where one is permitted to daven after alos hashachar before mishiyakir one can wear the tallis but should not recite a beracha. One who put on his tallis before mishiyakir should move his tzitzis a bit and then recite the beracha on the tallis after mishiyakir.25 17. 18:3, Chai Adom 11:3. 18. Refer to Aruch Hashulchan 9. 19. O.C. 4:6. Refer to Piskei Teshuvos 18:5 in depth. 20. Refer to Orchos Rabbeinu 1:page 23:47. 21. 18:3. 22. 10. 23. The reason for this is the Rosh holds that a garment worn by day and is still required in tzitzis if it is worn at night (ShulchanAruch O.C. 18:1). 24. Igros Moshe O.C. 4:6. 25. Refer to Rama 18:3. SPONSORED BY: Select Halachos Relevant To The Workplace Part 1 | 5 Tefillin The time for reciting a beracha on tefillin is when one can recognize a casual acquaintance26 at a distance of four amos.27 One should not place them on with a beracha at alos hashachar.28 One who needs to travel early and cannot wait until the proper time may put on the tefillin even before alos hashachar29 but no beracha can be said. When the time of mishiyakir arrives one should move his tefillin a bit and then recite the appropriate berachos.30 One who did recite the berachos on the tefillin before mishiyakir does not have to recite them again when mishiyakir arrives.31 Pesukei Dezimra There is a discussion in the poskim if one is permitted to recite pesukei dezimra before alos hashachar. Many permit this.32 Krias Shema The proper time for reciting krias shema and its accompanying berachos33 is the time when one can recognize a casual acquaintance34 from four amos away (mishiyakir).35 In a case of pressing need (i.e. he has to 26. Refer to Taz 2, Mishnah Berurah 2, Aruch Hashulchan 1. 27. Shulchan Aruch 30:1. Refer to Magen Avraham 1. 28. Biur Halacha 30 “u’kesheiyagea.” Refer to Igros Moshe O.C. 1:10 who permits one to place the tefillin on earlier thanaloshashachar with a beracha in a specific situation. 29. Mishnah Berurah 11. 30. Shulchan Aruch 30:3. Refer to Taz 5. 31. Mishnah Berurah 13. ”.Refer to Yechaveh Daas 2:8. See Biur Halacha 58 “zeman .32 עג.( הבא... )נדה הלכות בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם כל השונה הלכות בכל יום מובטח לו שהוא בן עולם הבא... )נדה עג.( 33. Mishnah Berurah 58:1. 34. Refer to Mishnah Berurah 2. SPONSORED 35. Shulchan Aruch 58:1. BY: 6 | HAlAchicAllY SpeAKiNg travel)36 one can say krias shema and the berachos from alos hashachar.37 One who recited it after alos hashachar when he was not in a pressing need was yotzei b’dieved.38 Others ח.( )ברכות ,say that this dispensation is only available once a month but if one does this too often then even b’dieved he has to repeat krias shema with the berachos. If one frequently finds בלבד... הלכה אין לו להקב"ה בעולמו אלא ד' אמות של himself in a pressing situation (such as businessmen during the winter months), then he may rely on this even on a daily basis.39 Holding a Smart Phone While Davening Many people have a siddur downloaded on their smart phones. This is common in an office where there may be a lack of enough siddurim.40 The question arises whether it is permitted to use a phone as a siddur during shemonei esrei.
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